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Transport Command - February 1947


[Command HQ | No 4 Group | No 38 Group | No 46 Group | No 47 Group]

Command HQ - Bushey Park, Middlesex

Units and stations not yet allocated: -

 

RAF Great Dunmow RAF Matching RAF Troston

No 4 Group

HQ - RAF York

Unit Location/Address Notes
Bomb Disposal School RAF Alconbury Station in Maintenance Command
RAF Station Bircham Newton    
Transport Initial Conversion Unit RAF Bircham Newton  
No 1510 (RAT) Flight RAF Bircham Newton Anson
RAF Station Bridlington (Carnaby)    
Emergency Runway RAF Bridlington  
C & M Party RAF Bridlington
RAF Station Coleby Grange    
RAF Station Desborough    
Closing Down Party RAF Desborough  
RAF Station Dishforth    
No 1381 (Transport) Conversion Unit RAF Dishforth Dakota
No 1332 (Heavy) Conversion Unit RAF Dishforth York/Halifax
RAF Station Full Sutton    
Closing Down Party RAF Full Sutton  
Transport Command Examining Unit RAF Manston Station in No 46 Group, Lancastrian/Dakota
RAF Station Melbourne    
C & M Party RAF Melbourne
No 4 Group Communication Flt RAF Rufforth Station in Maintenance Command
RAF Station Syerston    
No 1333 (Transport Support) Conversion Unit RAF Syerston Dakota
No 1331 (Heavy) Conversion Unit RAF Syerston Halifax
RAF Station Wormingford    
C & M Party RAF Wormingford
RAF Station Wymeswold    
No 1382 (Transport) Conversion Unit RAF Wymeswold Dakota
RAF Station York    
Training Area Flying Control RAF York  

No 38 Group

HQ - RAF Upavon

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Brize Norton    
Transport Command Development Unit RAF Brize Norton  
No 297 Sqn RAF Brize Norton Halifax
No 4297 Servicing Echelon RAF Brize Norton  
RAF Station Earls Colne    
C & M Party RAF Earls Colne
RAF Station Fairford    
No 47 Sqn RAF Fairford Halifax
RAF Station Netheravon    
No 38 Group Communication Flt RAF Netheravon
No 1 Mobile Parachute Servicing Unit RAF Netheravon
No 8 Mobile Parachute Servicing Unit RAF Netheravon
No 38 Group Parachute Maintenance and Servicing Unit RAF Netheravon
RAF Station Shrewton Emergency Landing Ground
RAF Station Tarrant Rushton
C & M Party RAF Tarrant Rushton
RAF Station Upavon    

RAF Station Upper Heyford

No 1 Parachute Training School RAF Upper Heyford

RAF Station Weston-on-the-Green

Satellite, Upper Heyford

No 46 (Transport) Group

HQ - Bushey Hall, Watford

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
RAF Station Abingdon    
No 46 Sqn RAF Abingdon Dakota
No 4046 Servicing Echelon RAF Abingdon
No 238 Sqn (ex 525) RAF Abingdon Dakota
No 4238 Servicing Echelon RAF Abingdon  
RAF Station Bassingbourn    
No 24 Sqn RAF Bassingbourn  
No 4024 Servicing Echelon RAF Bassingbourn  
No 9 Ground Control Approach Unit RAF Bassingbourn  
No 1555 (RAT) Flight RAF Bassingbourn Oxford
The King's Flight RAF Benson Station in Coastal Command, Viking
RAF Station Blackbushe    
RAF Unit RAF Blackbushe  
Closing Down Party RAF Blackbushe  
Civil Aviation Liaison Party RAF Blackbushe  
RAF Station Boreham    
C & M Party RAF Boreham  
RAF Station Broadwell    
Closing Down Party RAF Broadwell Dakota
RAF Station Chedburgh    
RAF Station Down Ampney    
C & M Party RAF Down Ampney  
RAF Station Hawkinge    
RAF Station Hendon    
Metropolitan Communications Sqn RAF Hendon  
AM Book Production and Distribution Centre RAF Hendon  
RAF Station Highgate    
RAF Intelligence School RAF Highgate  
Air Booking Centre London  
RAF Station Manston    
No 77 Sqn (ex 271) RAF Manston Dakota
No 4077 Servicing Echelon RAF Manston  
No 91 Staging Post RAF Manston  
No 8 GCA Unit RAF Manston  
RAF Station Membury    
Closing Down Party RAF Membury  
No 53 Sqn (ex 187) RAF Netheravon Station in No 38 Group, Dakota
No 4053 Servicing Echelon RAF Netheravon  
RAF Station Perranporth    
RAF Station Pershore    
Transport Command Briefing School RAF Pershore  
RAF Station St Mawgan    
Closing Down Party RAF St Mawgan  
No 173 Staging Post Schwechat  
RAF Station Stoney Cross    
C & M Party RAF Stoney Cross  

No 47 (Transport) Group

HQ - Milton Ernest Hall, Beford

 
Unit Location/Address Notes
No 137 Staging Post Bordeaux  
RAF Station Bourn    
RAF Station Graveley    
C & M Party RAF Graveley  
RAF Station Holmsley South    
C & M Party RAF Holmsley South  
RAF Station Honington - -
Transport Command Major Servicing Unit RAF Honington  
No 103 Staging Post Istres  
RAF Station Little Staughton    
C & M Party RAF Little Staughton  
No 47 Group Communication Flight RAF Little Staughton  
RAF Station Lyneham   Airport
No 511 Sqn RAF Lyneham York
No 2 Ground Control Approach Unit RAF Lyneham  
RAF Station Oakington    
No 242 Sqn RAF Oakington York
No 4242 Servicing Echelon RAF Oakington
No 1559 (RAT) Flight RAF Oakington Oxford
RAF Station Somersham Emergency Landing Ground  
RAF Station Waterbeach    
No 51 Sqn RAF Waterbeach York
No 4051 Servicing Echelon RAF Waterbeach  

Source - SD161 (77th Edition) - February 1947

County names used are those in use at the time

[Command HQ | No 4 Group | No 38 Group | No 46 Group | No 47 Group]

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